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DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.
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Pignobility
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: pig/no/bil/it/ee
Sentence: His pattern of pignobility left her with a fetid feeling that their relationship would not survive a week.
Etymology: pig (metaphor for dirty) + ignobility (offensive behavior)
Endearaffront
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: en-DEER-a-front
Sentence: Connie's neighing laugh had at first seemed endearing, but Jerry was so endearaffronted by it that he was planning to desert her.
Etymology: endear (attract) + affront (offense) + Ends here (it's all over as of now)
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COMMENTS:
Better late than never - petaj, 2007-02-16: 02:12:00
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Annoyhilate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ənoiəlāt
Sentence: Genny really didn*t know how break up with Peter, so she set out to annoyhilate their relationship. He was able to tolerate the **dainties** hanging in the shower and the load of laundry where she **accidently** washed all his whites with her new red blouse. He could even grin and bear it when she picked her teeth in public. What finally put it over the edge and sent him packing was her laugh/snort. And she hadn*t even planned that one.
Etymology: annoy [irritate (someone); make (someone) a little angry] + annihilate [destroy utterly; obliterate]
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COMMENTS:
good word...well describes all those annoyhellations! - Nosila, 2009-09-09: 14:39:00
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Idiotsyncrasy
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: id eeeot sin kras ee
Sentence: she was amazed at how quickly his idiosyncrasies became idiotsyncrasies in the morning light,
Etymology: idiot + syncrasy
Irritrait
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ear-ee-trayt
Sentence: his babytalk was the irritrait that drove a wedge between them
Etymology: irritate, trait
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COMMENTS:
This perfectly describes the actions of the guy who sits in front of me who argues to an unseen somethingorother all day; a very annoying irritrait. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-15: 18:56:00
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Proclirritation
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: pro-clear-rit-ta-shun
Sentence: His proclirritation to fart without excusing himself used to be cute to her, but now it was just an annoyance.
Etymology: proclivity + irritation
Hateabit
Created by: megmehtab
Pronunciation: heɪt ˈhæbɪt
Sentence: I am not going to bother you with my hateabit anymore.
Etymology: Taken from simple english; hate + habit = hateabit A habit you dislike now.
Peccadilly
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: peh-ca-DIL-ee
Sentence: Gloria was appalled when Glenn's public nose picking was revealed as yet another peccadilly to be added to his collection of socially unacceptable faults.
Etymology: Blend of PECCADILLO (Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado sin < Latin peccātum transgression, noun use of neuter of past participle of peccāre to err, offend) and DILLY (something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual)
Vexitating
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: vex-i-ta-ting
Sentence: Sam was the most vexitating man I ever knew. He had more bad habits than an alcoholic nun.
Etymology: vex: to cause annoyance by minor irritations + irritating: chafe; aggravating
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COMMENTS:
Lol. I\'ve known a few Sams too. - artr, 2009-09-09: 12:21:00
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Cutetopuke
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I thought his messy side was cute, not anymore, it's cutetopuke.
Etymology: It was cute, now she wants to puke.
Comments:
wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...
ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.